1, lying surface
They all say, "jiaozi on your head and eggs on pancakes." The custom of eating noodles on Furi Festival began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. In the north, it's summer to eat noodles. Noodles are suitable for summer and summer, and there are many ways to eat them, such as mixed noodles, squeezed noodles, noodles with noodles and cold noodles.
2. Fu Yang
Eating "lying sheep" has always been a folk custom in dog days, and eating "lying sheep" is a kind of "tonic in dog days". In northwest Shandong, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places in China, there is a habit of eating mutton in dog days. In Shandong, many areas have the custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the hot summer day, such as Zaozhuang City.
3. Duck meat
As the saying goes, "an old duck is better than summer", because ducks belong to waterfowl and are cool ingredients, so it is better to eat more in hot weather.
4. Hot days
"A pair of chicks in summer." There is a traditional tonic method in central Hunan and northern Hunan, which is to eat chickens in summer. Hangzhou has "ham and chicken with two feet"; Yangzhou, Jiangsu has "a pair of chicks in summer, falling down" and so on.
5. energy
Many areas have the custom of "eating ginger in summer". Taizhou Jiaojiang people have the custom of mixing eggs with ginger juice. Mix eggs with ginger juice, then mix with ginger juice, eggs and brown sugar, put them in a small bowl and put them in a large pot for dry cooking. Cooked eggs are sweet and spicy, and ingredients such as walnuts, longan and red dates can be added.
6. Lotus seed soup
Lotus seeds are called "Ganoderma lucidum in water", and drinking a bowl of lotus seed soup in midsummer is a custom handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Lotus seeds harvested before and after the summer heat are called lotus seeds, also known as Xia Lian. At this time, the lotus seeds are full of particles and have good meat quality. Fresh lotus seeds are only available in July and August every year, and only dry lotus seeds can be eaten when it is cold.
7. Cao Xian
There is a saying in the folk proverb: Eat fairy grass in the midsummer of June, live like a fairy, and never get old. In many places in Guangdong, there is a custom of eating fairy grass in the hot summer. Bean jelly, also known as bean jelly, grass cake, grass paste, fairy board and so on. , is the main raw material, also known as Xiancao and Mesona blume, which is slightly like mint. With the arrival of the summer solar term, Wenzhou people have the custom of eating grass and tofu. Grass tofu refers to the shape of tofu made of Cao Xian, licorice, Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, which can be eaten after cooling.
8. Rice grains
People in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating lychee, mutton and rice grains in midsummer, which is called "summertime". Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice distiller's yeast, allowing it to ferment and fully mature; In summer, cut into pieces and add some brown sugar to cook.
9. Litchi
Every family in Putian eats litchi and visits relatives and friends. Litchi is also considered as a good product in summer. It is a beautiful thing to soak fresh litchi in cold water and eat it when it is cold.
10, pineapple
As the saying goes, "eat mangoes in summer and pineapples in summer", many places actually have the habit of eating pineapples in summer.